License plate



Apr. 10, 1192.3 ALELZE D. Mc RUER ET AL LICENSE PLATE Filed Apr. 5, 1922 @gl V,

Patented Apr.. lill, '12233.

. ratten DONALD MORUERAND JAMES E. SELLERS, OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

License rnarn.

.application filed April 3,

To all whom t may concern:

' Be it known that we,-DoNALD MoRUnR. and JAMES E. -SnLLERs, citizens of the United States, and. residents, respectively, ofsfhoenix, county of Maricopa, and State of Arizona, have invented a new and useful License Plate, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvef ments in license -plates and its particular object is to provide a licenseplate for motor vehicles that may be used permanently and does not require replacement every year like The present license plate now commonly used in the diii'erent States. lt is observed that a license plate ordinarily provides three different data, a license number, the name of the licensing State, and the year for which the license plate ls to be used. lt will be 2@ seen at once that the rst two data need not be. changed, it being only required to an' nually changethe year of the license plate. This seems to make it unnecessary to furnish an entire new license plate every year 25. if suitable provision can be made whereby that small portion of the plate identifying the year can be exchanged. It is the object of the present invention to provide a license plate of the character described tov which a small plate having the year imprinted thereon can be detach-ably secured without impairing the neat appearance' of the plate as a whole. 1t s further proposed to provide suitable pla-ces to which other .plates f9.5 giving addition-al information, such as the name of the. dealer who soldthe machine, and thel home city of the owner, may be detachably secured. o

With these objects in view we have shown the preferred form of our invention in the laccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 `shows an elevation of the plate indicating the places to which the additional plates may be detachably secured; Figure 2 across I 4o section through the same along line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 an elevation ofthe plate withthe diffe-rent additional plates 'in their respective places, and Figure 4 a vertical cross section through the same'along,

of Figure 3. While we have shown 1922. Serial No. 549,275.

only the preferred form of our invention, it should be understood that various changes or modifications may be made within the scope of the claim hereto attachedwithout departing from the spirit oi? vthe invention. Our license plate (1),preferably rectangular in shape, and of the dimensions ordinarily used, has the license number (2) and the name ofthe licensing State V(3) permanently imprinted thereon, the license number occupying the main portion of the license plate, while the name of the State is arranged to the left of the same. 0n the right hand side of the plate, occupying'a space substantially symmetrical with that `occupied by the name of the State, is a depression (4) preferably rectangular'in form yand running parallel to the edge (6) of the license plate. At the two opposing ends (7) and (8) 'of the depression the same is disconnected from the main plate so 'as to leave slots (9)' through which may be inserted the ends (l1) of an additional plate (12) which iits the depressions so that its upper surface is substantially ilush with the upper surface 'of the license plate. This add-itional plate is secured to the main plate by any suitable means, as for instance, the bolts (13) engaging the ends (11) with the license plate and secured by means of nuts (14). This additional plate has the year imprinted thereon and can be readilyV exchanged for a new one at the end of the year.

We further provide'two depressions (16) and (17), the former running along the upper edge of the license plate and the lat-- ter along the loweredge. These depressions are adapted to have additional plates (18) and (19) detachably secured thereto by any suitable means, as bythe screws(21). The ao upper one of these two plates 'is preferably used to identify the dealer or any other name who sold the motor vehicle vand the lower one to identify the homecity of the owner. These additional plates (18) and (19) need not be used if not desired, and their absence will not injure the appearance of the` license plate since the places reserved forthin may be taken by the, observer as intended for merely decorating purposes.. A loo beaded rim (22) is provided -around the having 1:i raised central portion fitting in 10 Wholelicense plate for fortifying and ornasaid depression and end portions adapted mental purposes. *A to be slipped through said slots underneath We-claim: v the license plate and to be detachably 4se- 5 In combination, a license plate for motor cured thereto so as to present an upper survehicles having a. rectangular depression fece Hush with the surface of the license 15 therein disconnected from the plate -at opplate. posing ends so as to leave slots` between the DON MCRUER. depression and the plate, and a second plate JAMES E. SELLERS. 

